| Instrument |
| Instrument Name: | NIKA2 |
| Telescope: | IRAM 30m telescope |
| Telescope Aperture: | 30m |
| Telescope Port: | Nasmyth |
| Status: | Under Construction |
| Commissioning Date: | End 2015 |
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| Polarimetry Type: | Warm Rotating Half-wave plate and cold Dichroic Polarizer |
| Stokes Parameters: | I
Q
U |
| Wavelength Range: | 1.3mm |
| Modulator Type: | Other |
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Half-wave plate |
| Modulation Frequency: |
10Hz |
| Analyzer Type: | Dichroic Polarizer |
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| Imaging: | Yes |
| Wavelength Range: | 1.0-1.6mm |
| Field of View: | 6.5 arcmin diameter |
| Resolution: | 11 arsecond |
| Pixel Scale: | 7 arcseconds |
| Pixel Dimensions: | 7 arcseconds |
| Sensor Type: | Kinetic Inductance Detector (LEKID) |
| Limiting Magnitude: | about 30 mJy one sigma one second one beam for Q and U |
| Coronograph: | No |
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| Adaptive Optics: | No |
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| Spectroscopy: | No |
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| Instrument Contact: | Alain Benoit & Alessandro Monfardini |
| Instrument Website: | http://ipag.osug.fr/nika2/Welcome.html |
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| Science |
| Science Description: | mm polarimetry will allow mapping the dust polarized emission and infer the magnetic field orientation in interstellar molecular clouds, supernova remnants and external galaxies |
| Target Types: | Interstellar medium & External galaxies & quasars |
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